Police Training Services Company offers a wide variety of computer based CD-ROM Training Discs. these CD-ROM Training Discs, build around a PowerPoint format, have been designed specifically for individual larning or utilization in a unit or roll-call training environment. These prsenations were created by an expert in the field they represent. Currently we offer 25 discs for purchase with more in development.

Fundamentals Of Building Searches

Searching a building for a real or potential suspect is something every police officer has had the opportunity to do.  The question is was it done safely.  This training disc will provide a variety of proven tactics and techniques that help ensure officer safety.  Some of the topics include:  entries, mirrors, lighting, doors, room clearing and suspect apprehension.  Definitely a must for any officer’s personal survival library.

Officer Survival

Law enforcement officers work in a very unforgiving environment.  Mistakes often result in injury, or the ultimate sacrifice, death.  Police Training Services Company's Officer Survival disc provides officers with a variety of statistics related to survival.  Also on the disc are suggestions relating to primary and secondary weapons, training and equipment.  A unique feature are the survival thoughts and suggestions for officers to consider and utilize for their survival.

Responding To Officer Involved Shootings

The most traumatic of all police incidents is the officer involved shooting.  Proper prior planning will prevent responding officers from adding to the inherent chaos of the situation.  This CD-ROM disc will assist officers in responding to the incident and successfully resolving it.  Information covered on the disc includes:  utilization of resources, paramedic response, handling the media, required information for reports and investigations.

Suspect Tactics and Containment

Do you engage in a hazardous foot pursuit or do you decide that it is more appropriate to establish a perimeter?  The decision must be made almost instantly.  Even with a foot pursuit, containment must be established or at least considered.  Officers must consider the crime, number of officers available, communications, ingress and egress in the contained area.  Officers are given examples of a variety of deployment methods.  This disc is made unique by utilizing aerial photographs to show deployment strategies.

Vehicle Pursuits

Vehicle pursuits are at once dangerous, exciting, legally restrictive and emotionally charged.  Vehicle pursuits require knowledge of the law, sound tactics and department policies.  Officers should know the ramifications of roadblocks, interdiction methods and pursuit driving.  Officers need the knowledge to make informed decisions that will reduce agency liability, enhance community safety and the ability to manage the pursuit.

Tactical Communications

The job of a police officer requires that he or she develop the ability to effectively communicate with people.  Learn to accomplish voluntary compliance by utilizing proven communications skills.  In a sense, almost the entire role of a police officer incorporates communications skills from listening, talking, writing and reading.  This disc also contains comments on body language and debriefing of verbal encounters.  Also discussed are effective listening techniques.

Handling Mentally Disabled Persons

The law enforcement problems related to mentally disabled persons are enormous and potentially dangerous.  This disc will provide an overview of the problem, common illnesses, how to identify mentally disabled persons, pertinent legal issues and suggested tactics to be utilized during a law enforcement encounter.

Decision Making

Learn a simple decision making system that will provide a method for making decisions in all aspects of law enforcement.  The four-step method can be utilized for personnel decisions to tactical incidents.  The information provided details the four-step method and provides helpful tips on decision making such as delegation and considering impact on staff.  Leaders build their reputations on their ability to make decisions in a timely manner.

Ethics

Law enforcement is expected to be the most ethical profession in the world.  The overwhelming majority of officers are highly ethical.  However, this C.D. will assist in reminding officers of their ethics and in addition, provide the common areas where officers tend to deviate from their ethical standards.  Ethical defense mechanism are discussed along with some very simple rules for behavior.  Finally, the five steps for ethical decision-making are also presented.

Motivation

One of the many roles of a leader is to motivate subordinates to accomplish the law enforcement mission.  Although, people are motivated for numerous internal reasons, the effect of a police leader still provides positive motivation.  This presentation will provide keys to motivation, motivators ranked by importance and a variety of ways to motivate people.

The Rampart Incident

The Rampart incident is a classic case study in leadership.  This disc gives a background on Rampart; then discusses the problems that lead to the notorious scandal and then recommendations.  A must for any supervisor, regardless of department size and structure.

Role Of The Supervisor

Learn about the seven characteristics of a report such as accuracy, clarity, completeness.  Review the six major elements of report content which every document must answer.  Also included is a discussion of common report errors, effective listening, rules for writing and how to be effective in court.

Critical Incident Management /Command Post Operations

This disc is designed to provide information on how the Standardized Emergency Management System (S.E.M.S.) and the Incident Control System (I.C.S.) functions can be utilized to manage any size incident.  In addition, a large portion of the disc details information needed to establish a command post and incident specific characteristics (earthquakes, fires, riots, etc.). 

Questions Asked

Command Post operations come in all sizes and deal with the entire spectrum of field operations.  This disc is designed as a reminder for the incident commander to think about particular items or to be ready to respond to a higher authority pertaining to certain information.  Items covered include:  the mission and who is responsible, logistics, communications and additional resources needed.  Also included is a discussion on the impacted area relative to the exact location, high priority locations and the activity within the area.  Incident commanders are reminded to be aware of personnel needs such as numbers, types of officers and deployment.  In addition, incident commanders must be prepared to answer question concerning what tactics are being utilized and why.

National Incident Management System (NIMS)

Mandated by Presidential Order, The National Incident Management System is designed to work for any major incident.  Utilized with ICS (Incident Command System), NIMS provides a standardized method of managing incidents, coordinating multiple agency response and effective use of equipment and personnel.  NIMS will ensure flexibility and organizational success in handling any type of emergency.  This C.D. will provide an outstanding explanation of the National Incident Management System.

Critical Incident Management For Schools

Keeping in mind the tested techniques used for critical incident management, this disc is designed specifically for school police and officials.  The disc discusses many subjects including the Incident Command System, responsibilities, planning issues, handling bomb incidents, preparation prior to the incident, command post operations, notifications and what to expect from and how to assist responding police and fire personnel.

Crowd Control and Tactics

The successful resolution to any crowd control incident requires the use of sound tactics.  Leaders need to be sound in their knowledge when deploying personnel, using the myriad of weapons available, and selecting the appropriate formations to resolve the problem.  Personnel and tactics are presented through the Mobile Field Force concept.  Information provided can be modified for any size agency.  Issues covered are personnel needs; equipment required, mounted (vehicles) and unmounted (ground) tactics and training suggestions.  Through graphics and sounds, tactics come alive.

Crowd Management

Professional law enforcement officers realize that before any type of crowd can be controlled, crowd management must take place. Prior to the utilization of crowd control tactics, police officers must meet with demonstrators and establish the ground rules for the protection of individual civil rights and the protection of all involved.  Even officers responding to a crowd that is already creating problems will utilize some form of crowd management.  This disc will assist police personnel in identifying crowd characteristics; types of crowds; training needs; and required logistical support.  Also provided on the disc are a sample dispersal order, decision-making process and first responder responsibilities and considerations.

Officer Art Ruditsky Shooting

The United States Supreme Court has ruled that traffic stops are inherently dangerous.  This shooting is one of those traffic stops.  On a November morning Officer Ruditsky, along with his partner, made what turned out to be a life altering stop.  A vehicle stop turned into shoots fire and the inevitable, "shots fired, officer needs help, requesting an ambulance."

North Hollywood Shooting

Watched by millions on television as the incident unfolded, get the prospective of one of the detectives present during the shooting.  Gain an understanding for how she and her partner conducted an officer down rescue in the midst of the gun fight.  Although wounded, like numerous other officers, Detective Angeles stayed in the fight and put the well-fare of others ahead of her own.  Go inside of one of the most famous gunfights in the history of law enforcement.

Riverside Shooting

This shooting drew national attention for a variety of reasons.  It involves a call for help regarding a motorist who might be in need of immediate medical attention.  Four officers from the Riverside, California Police Department responded to find a female passed out in a locked vehicle with a gun in her lap.  Review the tactics of how the plan was developed at the scene.  See how a unique situation lead to an officer involved shooting and the aftermath.

Officer John Kelley Shooting

Sgt John Kelly was the officer in charge of a surveillance unit.  His unit was tasked with the mission of assisting other agencies in finding a wanted criminal who had shot at police officers.  Learn the details that lead up to the surveillance, the actually operation, the ensuing foot pursuit and shooting involving multiple officers and the after-effects.  A must read for officers involved in plain-clothes surveillance operations.

Officer Danny Bunch Shooting

Officer Danny Bunch and his K-9 partner (Volker) were working the day shift when their assistance was needed.  An armed robbery with shots fired resulting in a police pursuit had now terminated with suspects possibly inside a perimeter.  Officer Bunch responded, initiated a plan and set out with a search team looking for a suspect.  The ensuing search resulted in an officer involved shooting under a building.

Officer Jack Schonely Shooting

Relive two of Officer Schonely's shootings.  The first shooting details an incident in the Los Angeles Police Department's famous 77th street division.  Officer Schonely and his partner are a block away when the shots fired call goes out.  With little time to prepare they engage the suspect and survive.  Officer Schonely also presents his K-9 shooting. 

Officer Mike Willis Shooting

Detective Mike Willis, along with other detectives from the Whittier Police Department were assigned to a hard-core offender surveillance unit.  This shooting involved motorcycle gang suspects.  Review the tactics and lessons learned from a furious, close quarters gunfight which resulted in the death of a detective and one suspect.

Officer Lee Smith Shooting

Routine patrol does not always mean routine patrol.  As a memeber of the Anahiem Police Department's S.W.A.T. team, Officer Smith was equiped with the right tools at the right time.  After a Placentia officer was shot there was a vehicle pursuit, which included several agencies and a number of officers.  At the termination of the pursuit, shots were fired and action needed to be taken.  Officer Smith took action and defeated an armed suspect. 

Terrorism

This disc provides insights into terrorist bombings.  Some of the indicators for vehicle bombs are provided, methods of initiation, suicide bombers and their vests.  Some of the tactical considerations officers must be aware of and a few of the tactics used by the bomber are discussed.

Use of Force

The use of force, from verbalization to lethal force, requires a knowledge of both law and department policy.  Officers need to be confident that they can utilize the appropriate level of force.  This P.T.S.C. Use Of Force disc will provide officers with a working knowledge of when force can be used and what constitutes reasonable force.  Factors effecting the level of force used by an officer are also discussed.

Bomb Incidents

Get the basics on being the first responder to handle the three primary types of bomb incidents.  Through the course of a career officers will be involved with suspicious packages, possible bombs and explosions that have just occurred.  Review the basics and see several sample homemade devices.  Keep yourself safe while protecting the public.

Report Writing

Learn about the seven characteristics of a report such as accuracy, clarity, completeness.  Review the six major elements of report content which every document must answer.  Also included is a discussion of common report errors, effective listening, rules for writing and how to be effective in court.

Narcotics

A primer on narcotics this disc is filled with useful information relative to drugs.  The disc covers the following drugs:  Cocaine, Heroin, LSD, PCP, Marijuana, Club Drugs, Inhalants, Hallucinogens, Stimulants and Steroids.  The discussion for each of the above includes technical and street names, background, sources, packaging, distribution, method of use and symptoms.  Also included are some statistics relating to drug use. 

Air Bags

Every law enforcement jurisdiction handles traffic accidents.  Air bags have been a fact of life since approximately 1985.  Officers should be aware of what they are and how they work.  When officers respond to an accident scene they should be aware of the precautions necessary in handling a deployed air bag or the disposal of one that has not yet deployed.  Officers also need to be aware of the hazardous materials that are associated with a deployed air bag.

Tactical Communications

The job of a police officer requires that he or she develop the ability to effectively communicate with people.  Learn to accomplish voluntary compliance by utilizing proven communications skills.  In a sense, almost the entire role of a police officer incorporates communications skills from listening, talking, writing and reading.  This disc also contains comments on body language and debriefing of verbal encounters.  Also discussed are effective listening techniques.